Emotion Sickness · Silverchair

183 bars of 4/4 at 133 BPM, about 5:28 of playing, on crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot.

Alternative / IndieRock120 to 149 BPM
TEMPO
133 BPM
TIME
4/4
BARS
183
LENGTH
5:28
DIFFICULTY
40/100
THE BEAT

One bar, and 24% of the song

The beat the song is built on is a 2-bar phrase, played through bars 74-113 -- 23.8% of every bar the kit plays. This one moves around more than most: the beat is where to start, not the whole job.

LOOP · 133 BPM
EMOTION SICKNESS · BARS 74-75
THE BEAT, WRITTEN OUT →
THE FILLS

Where it comes off the beat

8 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22 and 21 more.

LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 22-23 · LANDS ON BAR 24 · PLAYED 2 TIMES
LOOP · 133 BPM
BAR 72 · LANDS ON BAR 73
LOOP · 133 BPM
BARS 129-133 · LANDS ON BAR 134 · PLAYED 5 TIMES

5 more fills are written out on the fills page.

EVERY FILL, WRITTEN OUT →
THE SHAPE

How the song is built

183 bars across 13 sections: 119 keep time, 27 are fills, 10 are stops and 15 are silent. The longest unbroken stretch of time is bars 75-112.

PART F
PART H
PART J
CHORUS
PART J
OUTRO
10 groovesLJFZH+5Fill into the next barFill that ends a sectionInto the next partStop / hitRest

Questions

What BPM is Emotion Sickness?

133 BPM, in 4/4, with the time kept in sixteenth notes. The room plays it at any tempo from a quarter of that up to the written one, against the record where the record can follow.

Is Emotion Sickness hard to play on drums?

40 out of 100 -- a fair first song -- with how often it moves around the kit the part that decides it. The beat itself is 36 out of 100; the rest of the number is everything around it.

How long is the drum part?

183 bars, about 5:28 at the written tempo. The course breaks it into 38 exercises over 10 sittings, about 26 minutes each.

What do I need on the kit?

crash, ride, hi-hat, snare, high tom, mid tom, floor tom, kick and hi-hat foot. That is most of a full kit; the part moves around it rather than sitting in one place.

How many fills are in Emotion Sickness?

8 fills to learn, played 27 times: bars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 22 and 21 more.

READ OFF THE SCORE ITSELF · 183 BARS ANALYSED
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